Nell Holcomb Bus Crash

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com

A dozen students were taken to the hospital after a bus collided with a car on Highway 177 south of Nell Holcomb school early Wednesday.

Emergency workers talk to a student, left, who is about to be taken to the hospital following an accident between a school bus and a Ford Focus along Highway 177 south of Nell Holcomb school Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009.
(Kit Doyle)

Nell Holcomb student Kyrese Beason, 8, left, is consoled by his mother Robyn Wren, top and Nakasha Fisher following an accident with a Fisher's son Isaah Williams, far right, was also on the bus. The mothers picked up their sons after hearing about the accident and took them to get medical attention.
(Kit Doyle)

Emergency workers prepare a student for a trip to the hospital following an accident between a school bus and a Ford Focus along Highway 177 south of Nell Holcomb school Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009.
(Kit Doyle)

Emergency workers carry a student to an ambulance following an accident between a school bus and a Ford Focus along Highway 177 south of Nell Holcomb school Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009.
(Kit Doyle)